Hollywood actress Kate Henshaw is happy with her progress as a humanitarian; the mother of one, who have been urging the good people of the society to help contribute in saving baby Michael; one of the victims who needs to undergo a surgery, is happy at the turn up.
As part of the team for Lifestake Foundation; a nonprofit organization, created to support people by crowd funding towards their medical bill goal, according to the actress, the journey to save the baby started few weeks back, and so far, she is happy at the turn up of good samarittans, who have been donating towards the good course.
“Almost 7weeks ago…we started this journey. I am definitely happy at the progress so far…I know we still have a long way to go towards total health recovery and rehabilitation…By God’s grace and strength, we will be there every step of the way.
“I will not stop thanking everyone who has been there from the beginning, The Motherless Babies Home staff, Yaw OAP, @bunmibunmi, Lagos State Children’s Welfare, the good nurses in the ward…till date, all of you who keep giving your widow’s mite. God bless you. God favour you. God cause His face to shine on you. May His grace be more than sufficient for you. Amen!! Project Alert Baby Michael Zenith Bank account 1014609708″.
Lifestake Foundation is a non-profit organisation that was created by a team of kind hearted Nigerians with the aim of assisting fellow Nigerians in dire need of financial help for medical purposes.
The Qatar-based Media Network, Al Jazeera, is celebrating winning eleven Gold World Medals, six Silver and two Bronze medals at the prestigious New York Festivals awards.
According to Al Jazeera in a message sent via email, the award includes a Bronze in the Community Portraits category for My Nigeria, the six-part Al Jazeera documentary series showing six stories of six Nigerians, including stand-up comedian Basketmouth, fashion designer Deola Sagoe and Nollywood star turned politician Kate Henshaw.
Similarly, Al Jazeera’s Investigation Unit also picked up a finalist certificate in the Current Affairs category for Inside Kenya’s Death Squads, in which officers from four units of Kenya’s counter-terrorism apparatus admitted the police assassinate suspects on government orders.
Commenting on the success, Giles Trendle, Acting Managing Director of Al Jazeera English, said: “Al Jazeera English is delighted to have won a series of Gold and Silver medals at the New York International TV & Film Awards.”
Al Jazeera’s interactive documentary: ‘Life on Hold’, won Gold in the Online News category as well as the UNDPI medal, a special award decided by a United Nations jury.
“We are pleased with the two Gold medals won for our innovative web documentary project, Life on Hold, that tells the personal and poignant stories of some of the Syrian refugees in Lebanon in an engaging and non-linear manner,” Trendle added.
Furthermore, Al Jazeera English, 101 East, weekly television programme won five Golds medals overall. Afghanistan’s Billion Dollar Drug War won two Golds as Best Investigative Report and for the Human Concerns category; Myanmar’s Jade Curse won a Gold medal in the National/International Affairs category; and Murder in Malaysia won a Gold medal for the Best Current Affairs programme.
A presenter with 101 East, Steve Chao also won his second consecutive Gold medal for Best News Reporter/Correspondent even as 101 East took home three Silver World Medals for the episodes Murder in Malaysia Myanmar’s Jade Curse and Becoming Pacquiao.
“The five Gold medals won by our weekly 101 East strand are a testament to the quality of our journalism and the importance of our mission to tell compelling stories from around the world,” says Trendle.
Faultiness, which was a joint Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera America program, won three Gold, World Medals for Mexico’s Disappeared and Death of Aging, while Ferguson: Race and Justice in the U.S won a Silver World Medal. Faultiness also picked up a Bronze medal for Forgotten Youth: Inside America’s Prisons.
Al Jazeera English news was awarded a Silver World Medal for Best Coverage of a Continuing News Story for Desperate Journeys, which covered the refugee crisis in Europe. “The silver medal for our Desperate Journeys news coverage on the refugee story highlights how we have set the news agenda on one of the defining stories of our time,” Trendle noted.
Broken Dreams: The Boeing 787 won Gold Medal Awards in Current Affairs and a Silver World Medal in the Business and Finance categories.
Recall that ‘Broken Dreams’, the Boeing 787 was a hard-hitting programme made by Al Jazeera’s Investigation Unit, which revealed the deeply-held safety concerns of current and former Boeing engineers, while allegations were uncovered of on-the-job drug use, quality control problems and poor workmanship.
Phil Rees, the Manager of the Al Jazeera Investigation Unit, said: “It is fantastic for the Al Jazeera Investigative Unit to be recognised once again for dealing with this commercially sensitive subject with such persistence and bravery. In the tradition of the finest investigative journalism, the production team spoke truth to one of the world’s most powerful corporations.”
Al Jazeera English also picked up eight finalist certificates for a variety of programmes from Faultiness’ 101 East Women Make Change and People and Power.
Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade Wednesday, approved the appointment of Senator Florence Ita-Giwa as the Chairman of the Cross River Ports Authority.
Ayade who made several appointments into key boards and parastatals, also appointed Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw as his Special Adviser, Liaison, Lagos.
The appointments were made known in a press release signed by the Governor’s Special Assistant on Media & Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Christian Ita.
A series of six half-hour documentaries will be featuring top Nigerian artistes such as actress, Kate Henshaw, comedian Basketmouth and fashion designer Deola Sagoe, who will be providing first-person accounts of the economy.
Premiering on Al Jazeera English tomorrow, the show which will air on DStv and GOtv, will also feature football coach Femi Bamigboye, and female mechanic Sandra Aguebor, as each film focuses on one central character. The character will invite members of the audience into her world and share her story.
“The series was commissioned specifically to support Al Jazeera English’s theme ‘Hear the human story,’ to bring people’s stories directly to our screens, told in in a first-person style without mediation, offering a range of authentic views,”says Ingrid Falck, head of documentaries at Al Jazeera English.
Award-winning South African directors Brian Tilley and Clifford Bestall shot the series across Nigeria, which is home to one in five Africans.
“To get beyond the clichés of Africa, there isn’t a better place than Nigeria,” says Ingrid. “For every stereotype of corruption or extremism, there are millions of ordinary Nigerians making this African powerhouse tick. Our series focuses on these individuals to see firsthand how Nigerians are busy making a difference.”
Managing Director for MultiChoice Nigeria said: “MultiChoice has a long standing relationship with Nollywood and Nigeria’s creative industry. As an organisation that has for over a decade supported the development of the industry, it gives us great joy that Al Jazeera is shining the spotlight on success stories while showcasing the amazing talent that exists in Nigeria. Our audiences on theDStv and GOtv platforms will definitely find the series inspiring.”
The series premieres at 23:30 WAT on 24 August 2015. Al Jazeera is available on DStv channel 406 and GOtv channel 40.
Popular actress, Kate Henshaw, it is certain, cannot get over last Thursday’s inferno that gutted her Lekki Phase 1, Lagos home in a long while, going by recent report which says ‘she lost everything she worked hard for in this world’.
The OngaSeasoning ambassador, we learnt, was on location of the much-anticipated Do-Good, a series which is bringing back the actress and BasorgeTariah Jr. as a screen-pair, when thick smoke was noticed from her bedroom area by neighours who quickly put a call across to her.
The actress and her colleagues, who were said to have finished shooting for the day, and were taking fun pictures for Instagram, sped to the scene, but alas! It was too late.
They had called the fire fighters, but the best that came of the effort was rescuing the home of the second occupants of the twin duplex.
“Everything burn down for our korokoro eye,” said an eye witness. “Then the roof catch fire then collapse.”
Corroborating the report, one of the colleagues of the actress said, “Her room started to burn first, then it burnt down completely everything she’s got in this world. It was a sad thing to watch your property going down. The situation was helpless. We couldn’t look the actress in the face. She was more than devastated. Everyone at the scene was distraught,” he said.
When The Nation called the actress, pains pulsated her usually vibrant voice. “Thank you… my brother … thank you…,” she said inaudibly.
It is not clear what episode of the comic drama was being shot as at the time of the incident, but it is certain the actress who has moved to a temporaryabode is not in the right frame of mind to continue at the moment.
Producers of the new Pidgin English sitcom, Mnet, have fixed the premiere of Do-Good for Monday, July 6, 2015.
The drama is a spin-off of a popular Nigerian drama series of the 1990s, which features the exploits of the titular character Do-good, played by Tariah, who returns from a sojourn abroad to woo his sweetheart, Emem, played by Henshaw.
The sitcom is said to also feature appearances from other popular comic actors including Tony Akposheri and Yibo Koko, and will be showing on the Africa Magic Urban channel (DStv channel 153).
RENOWNED Nollywood actor and comedian, BasorgeTariah Jnr. is returning to the small screen as Africa Magic premieres its new Pidgin English sitcom, Do-Good, on Monday, 6 July, 2015.
Do-good, a spin-off of a popular Nigerian drama series of the 1990s, features the exploits of the titular character Do-good, played by Tariah, who returns from a sojourn abroad to woo his sweetheart, Emem, played by leading Nollywood actress Kate Henshaw.
The new sitcom, which also features appearances from other popular comic actors including Tony Akposheri and Yibo Koko, airs weekdays at 20:30 CAT on Africa Magic Urban (DStv channel 153).
“Africa Magic continues to lead the way in creating and showcasing the best content made by Africans for Africans,” said the Regional Director, M-Net (West Africa), Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu.
“Do-Good is the latest in a line of exciting content that continues to appear on our channels. Besides being a stellar comedy series, Do-Good also tells a story of love and ambition and focuses on the struggles of the ordinary man. It is a humorous depiction of real life situations and definitely promises to be a hit with all lovers of comedy and good television.”
Mr. John Ugbe, the Managing Director of MultiChoice Nigeria, said: “MultiChoice has supported Nigerian entertainment for over 20 years and we continue to pioneer in the production and showcasing of the best entertainment content the country has to offer. Do-good is a great example of our ongoing partnership with the Nigerian entertainment industry, and it expands our already impressive list of exciting and fun programming for viewers to choose from.”
Speaking further on the launch of Do-Good, Mba-Uzoukwu added: “The Africa Magic brand is synonymous with Nollywood and the exciting content that continues to come out of the industry. All the Africa Magic channels are the go-to sources for world class African entertainment content and we consistently work to ensure that our viewers are spoilt for choice.”
Programmes recently launched on various Africa Magic channels in 2015 include the telenovella, Hotel Majestic, and the popular late night talk show, Highlites with IK.
Previously renowned for its showcasing of full-length contemporary movies, Africa Magic Urban was recently refreshed to focus on general entertainment content and currently features a number of exciting drama series, sitcoms and magazine shows alongside exciting movie content.
VETERAN actors, Kate Henshaw and Basorge Tariah Jr are a couple! In a forthcoming television series, the thespians are playing the lead roles in a yet-to-be disclosed comedy series. Shooting commenced a few days ago on location in Lekki, Lagos.
Kate has spent over 22 years in the industry and is still going strong, while actor, director and compeer, Basorge, also has well over 20 years experience in Nollywood.
The series will also feature fast rising comedian, Mokal.
This will be the second series the actors are doing together, the first being the 90s series, Candle light, in which both actors often played against each other; Kate as the illiterate maid, and Basorge the gate man. Bagging lead roles in this series is a testament to their skill, versatility, and continued relevance in the make-believe world.
Industry watchers and fans look forward to a hilarious repeat performance in the forthcoming series.
IfooAfrica, a project that aims to create an online community of African storytellers will be launched in Nigeria on October 1, with notable celebrities, Chioma Chukwuka-Akpotha, Kate Henshaw and Uti Nwachukwu having kindly loaned their voices to the first story uploaded onto the platform titled Sexual Harassment.
Written by Joy Bewaji and produced by David Jones David, Sexual Harassment, like other stories to air on the online platform, brings back the African art form of storytelling, by allowing users registered on the site to share their originally created audio story with the IfooAfrica community.
Knowing that youths are more acquainted with mobile internet devices, the stories, planned as ‘edutainment’ materials, could be anything the storyteller wants to share like drama, folktale, comedy, fiction, spoken word, poetry and narratives.
“We believe that even though our histories and journeys might be different, our stories are very similar. The platform intends to be both educative and entertaining while fostering stronger African unity via voice,” said the initiators.
After the October 1 launch in Nigeria, IfooAfrica will run a monthly Upload, Share and Cash Out competition that will run for 12 months, while it gradually make inroads into other countries on the continent.
This competition allows storytellers to upload their originally created short audio story (10 minutes or less), share with the IfooAfrica community who will listen and vote. Any story that has the highest number of votes at the end of the month will be awarded N25, 000. The listeners are not left behind, as they will have an opportunity to win fabulous prizes on an adhoc basis in the Listen, Comment and Win competition.
Listeners are expected to log on to www.ifooafrica.com listen to the story, answer the question asked at the end and leave a comment. A comment that is liked the best wins a brand new Swatch wristwatch at the end of October.
Following her declaration to run for a seat in the Federal House of Representatives in Calabar, Cross River State, Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw, has stated that she has no plans to bribe anyone to be elected in 2015.
The actress, who lamented that she did not have money to match the moneybags who have been in politics for 20 or 30 years, said: “I am going with God and my heart. I’m not sharing money. If you continue sharing money, it will never stop. If you want a true change, then, vote for me and you will see the change. But if you want money, go for money and stay where you are and don’t even complain.”
Contrary to speculations that she might be calling it quits with acting, she revealed that she would only take a temporary break from the movie industry. “I will take a break to serve the larger population of Nigeria. I won’t quit. Arnold Schwarzenegger was Governor and he is back to acting again. I don’t hope to be there forever. That’s the best way. I want to do other things,” she added.
The mother of one declared her interest to contest for the Federal House of Representatives for Calabar Municipal/Odunkpani Federal Constituency under the PDP on July 19.
